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September 25, 1998 · Piper PA-18 · N82905

New Stuyahok, AK

Overview

Report Status
Final with probable cause
Event Type
Accident
Date
September 25, 1998
Injury Outcomes
No injuries (1 uninjured)
Location
New Stuyahok, AK
Aircraft
Piper PA-18
Tail Number
N82905
Operator
Alaskan Adventures
Injuries
None
Aircraft Damage
Substantial
NTSB Number
ANC98LA160

The commercial pilot was landing on a ridgetop in a tundra tire equipped airplane. The winds were gusting to 25 knots. The pilot applied brakes and the airplane's tail began to come up. He released brakes, the tail began to come down. The pilot applied full aft stick, raising the trailing edge of the elevators, and the airplane nosed over.

NTSB Probable Cause

The pilot's excessive use of brakes during the landing roll.

Full Narrative

On September 25, 1998, at 1045 Alaska daylight time, a Piper PA-18, tundra tire equipped airplane, N82905, sustained substantial damage when it nosed over during landing at an off airport ridgetop landing site, seven miles north of the Stuyahok Airport, New Stuyahok, Alaska. The solo commercial pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated by LAR, Inc., dba Alaskan Adventures, of Soldotna, Alaska. The flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91 as a business flight in support of a hunting-guide operation. The flight departed New Stuyahok at 1043 for the accident site to pick up caribou meat. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and a company VFR flight plan was filed. The pilot told the NTSB investigator-in-charge during a telephone interview on September 26, and wrote in his NTSB Pilot / Operator report, that he had landed on the ridgetop with a 10 to 15 degree crosswind, with winds of 10 knots gusting to 25 knots. He said that when the airplane was almost stopped, he applied the brakes, and the tail came up. He released the brakes and the tail began to come back down. The pilot then applied full aft stick, raising the trailing edge of the elevators, and the airplane nosed over.

Flight

Event TypeAccident
Event Time10:45 AKDT
Nearest Airport0nm
Runway0
Flight Plan FiledCvfr
Aircraft FireNo
Aircraft ExplosionNo

Aircraft

AircraftPiper PA-18
Tail NumberN82905
Aircraft CategoryAir
DamageSubstantial
OperatorAlaskan Adventures
Operating RulePart 91
Engines1
Engine TypeReciprocating
Engine DetailsLycoming · O-320-B2B · Reciprocating · 160
Seats2

People & Injuries

Injury SummaryNo injuries (1 uninjured)
Fatal0
Serious0
Minor0
Uninjured1
Total1
Crew 1Age 26 · First Class

Conditions

ConditionsVMC
LightDaylight
Wind180° @ 10 kt, gusting 25 kt
Visibility30 sm
CeilingNone
Temperature / Dew Point45 C / 0 C
Altimeter0
Weather SourcePILO

Appendix: Source Data